Cones and craters on Mount Pavagadh, Deccan traps: Rootless cones?

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 831-838

  Sheth, Hetu C ^a   Mathew, George ^a   Pande, Kanchan ^a   Mallick, Soumen ^a   Jena, Balaram ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Deccan volcanism; Iceland; Mars; Pavagadh; Pseudocraters; Rootless cones

Indexed keywords

CRATER; DECCAN TRAPS; FLOOD BASALT; LAVA FLOW; MARS; ROOT; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; DECCAN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 13844269286     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02704041     Document Type: Article

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